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You have VP installed and running or do you also need advice of setting up visual pinball?

Thanks a lot for your efforts guys, got it working now by installing version 9.00. (Note for all windows x64 users: download the 32 bit version, as the 64 bit version is not recognised by GameEx). You can find the installfile on this page: GPL Ghostscript 9.00 (look for the gs900w32.exe file on the bottom of the page) Thanks again, Arjen

Can someone test the attached pdf to see if the problem can be replicated? Thanks, Arjen

Here it is, hope it helps. In the log it says "03:16:23.1 15-11-2010: Game Manual images not found" when I try to open the manual pdf ? Arjen log.txt

Hi all, I encounter a strange problem when opening some manuals. Though they are in regular pdf format (and perfectly readable in Foxit) they can't be read by GameEx. GameEx just jumps back to the game menu after clicking on "manual". I attached one of the non-working manuals, maybe someone can check what is wrong? Regards, Arjen Incubation.part1.rar Incubation.part2.rar

No, it is not a problem with GameEx, when I use the shortcuts outside GameEx I have the same problem. Although the problem is not directly GameEx, I was hoping that with all the emulation wisdom gathered in this forum someone might know the answer to this.

Hi everybody, I just started reviving my old collection of DOS games with DOSbox and D-Fend reloaded. Everything works fine except for one thing. The shortcuts that are created by D-fend reloaded are not working. The shortcut starts DOSbox, but does not start the game, nor does it mount any drives. Just bare DOSbox. When I click the profile directly in D-fend the game starts allright, so the problem is not the configuration itself. But without the shortcuts, I cannot start DOS games through GameEx. Has anyone had a similar problem? BTW, I use windows 7 x64. Regards, Arjen

And thank YOU for solving another little piece of the GameEx emulation puzzle...

Sorry, I was not exactly clear there. I did use the loader as stated with the above commandline (only ROMFILE), but alas...no luck.

Yeah, I tried that, but unfortunately the same result, it keeps on loading the last played cartridge, ignoring any ROMPATH/ROMFILE data.

Hi all, I'm trying to emulate the obscure Amstrad GX4000 console through GameEx. I found two emulators, the best is WinApe, the other is MESS, but its emulation is very basic, and a lot of games don't work. When trying to start a game with WinAPe, it only loads the last ROM played, it doesn't seem to accept my commandline. Amstrad emulation of .dsk files is running OK with WinApe, only the cartridges give me problems. My config is this: Enabled=True STARTPAGENAME=Amstrad GX4000 TITLETEXT=Amstrad GX4000 StartPageLogo= ROMFilter=*.cpr RomPath=D:\Emulation\Amstrad GX 4000\WinAPE\Cartridge RomsInFolders= SnapPath=D:\Emulation\Amstrad GX 4000\WinAPE\Artwork\Screenshot TitlePath=D:\Emulation\Amstrad GX 4000\WinAPE\Artwork\Title BoxPath=D:\Emulation\Amstrad GX 4000\WinAPE\Artwork\Box CartPath=D:\Emulation\Amstrad GX 4000\WinAPE\Artwork\Media ManualPath=D:\Emulation\Amstrad GX 4000\WinAPE\Manuals ControlPanelPath= InstructionsPath= TVAdPath= MusicPath= WorkingPath=D:\Emulation\Amstrad GX 4000\WinAPE MapKeys= WaitBeforeKeys= SendKeys= ReplaceDash=False ReplaceUnder=True Capitals=False RemoveBrackets=True ShowDesktop=True Debug= MAPFile= AlsoLaunch= Command=WinApe.exe "[ROMPath]\[RomFile]" LaunchBefore=D:\Emulation\Xpadder\Profiles\amstradcpc.xpadderprofile LaunchAfter=D:\Emulation\Xpadder\Profiles\blank.xpadderprofile configFile= ExcludedFiles= CustomBackground=gx4000.png PlayMusic= DontShowInfo= PlaySelectionMusic= SelectionMusicFolder= PCGame= DATABASE=[Console] Amstrad GX4000 UseDbName= GamesIn7Zips= MergeSets= PlayInScreenSaver= ShowMostPlayed=False RandomMostPlayed=False lastgame= Is there any method to run cartridge games with WinApe? Any help is appreciated. Arjen

NullDC is the best Dreamcast emulator, but doesn't come with joystick support. Use xpadder to make your keypad/joystick work with nullDC, it works great.

Thanks, I'll download it and give it a try.

Hi all, maybe a stupid question, but how can I make a screen caption of GameEx (I need one for this forum to show a problem with the GameEx font size) When I use Print Screen I only get a black picture the size of my desktop, even when GameEx is running in windowed mode. How do you guys do this?

Hi Tempest, I tried your suggestion, and compiled the following runnds.ahk script into a runnds.exe file. I changed the commandline to: runnds.exe "[ROMFILE]" (because only the cartridgename needs to be written in no$zoomer, not the pathname), but it doesn't work, no game runs and it returns to the GameEx screen. runnds.ahk: #NoEnv SendMode Input SetWorkingDir %A_ScriptDir% Run D:\Emulation\Xpadder\Profiles\nds.xpadderprofile Run D:\Emulation\Nintendo DS\No$gba17\No$zoomer.exe WinWaitActive Insert Cartridge... Send %1% {Enter} KeyWait, y, D ExitApp Edit: forget it.. stupid me ...I forgot to change the working path after moving the file. Everything works as it should now. Thanks to everybody who helped me with this problem. Proves again what a great forum this is! Cheers, Arjen

Hi Frequency, I tried using the "also launch" option, but unfortunately that doesn't seem to work. It seems a script is needed then. Bkenobi, would you mind posting the script that you use for this combo? Maybe I can use it for my setup with some changes? Regards, Arjen Edit: OK, I tried to make a script (my first, so be gentle...) which seems to do the job, but I think there must be a better and more efficient way to do it. This is my script for running the NDS game "Blood Bowl": #NoEnv SendMode Input SetWorkingDir %A_ScriptDir% Run D:\Emulation\Xpadder\Profiles\nds.xpadderprofile Run D:\Emulation\Nintendo DS\No$gba17\No$zoomer.exe WinWaitActive Insert Cartridge... Send Blood Bowl.nds {Enter} KeyWait, y, D ExitApp I set the Y key to exit no$zoomer, so when "y" is pressed, both no$zoomer and the script finish, and GameEx takes over. So far so good. However this method forces me to make a separate script for every NDS game I have (and set the ROM filter to *.ahk) Is there a way to transfer the "[ROMPATH]\[ROMFILE]" string into the script? that would make things a lot easier. Any help is appreciated.

Thanks for your suggestion Headkaze, I tried it but still no luck. I tried everything I could think of, maybe there is another way to launch no$gba with no$zoomer without using an advanced configuration?

Also running windows 7 64 bit, but I can't reproduce this error on my machine, doesn't seem to be a windows problem then..

Hi Tom, thanks for your reply. The following config works as it should however, using the same technique of changing an xpadderprofile? [Emulator_26] Enabled=True STARTPAGENAME=Nintendo Gamecube TITLETEXT=Nintendo Gamecube StartPageLogo=gcube ROMFilter=*.gcz RomPath=D:\Emulation\Nintendo Gamecube\ISO RomsInFolders= SnapPath=D:\Emulation\Nintendo Gamecube\Artwork\Screen TitlePath=D:\Emulation\Nintendo Gamecube\Artwork\Title BoxPath=D:\Emulation\Nintendo Gamecube\Artwork\Box CartPath=D:\Emulation\Nintendo Gamecube\Artwork\Cartridge ManualPath=D:\Emulation\Nintendo Gamecube\Manuals ControlPanelPath=D:\Emulation\Nintendo Gamecube\Controls\gamecube.png InstructionsPath= WorkingPath=D:\Emulation\Nintendo Gamecube\SVN\6095 MapKeys= WaitBeforeKeys= SendKeys= ReplaceDash=False ReplaceUnder=True Capitals=False RemoveBrackets=True ShowDesktop=True Debug= MAPFile= AlsoLaunch= Command=Dolphin.exe -e "[ROMPATH]\[ROMFILE]" LaunchBefore=D:\Emulation\Xpadder\Profiles\gamecube.xpadderprofile LaunchAfter=D:\Emulation\Xpadder\Profiles\blank.xpadderprofile configFile=[Mapping Off] Exit (ALT+F4) ExcludedFiles= CustomBackground=gcube.png PlayMusic= DontShowInfo= PlaySelectionMusic= SelectionMusicFolder= PCGame= DATABASE=[Console] Nintendo GameCube UseDbName= GamesIn7Zips= MergeSets= PlayInScreenSaver= ShowMostPlayed=False RandomMostPlayed=False CDCheck= CDCheckFile= lastgame= Although the "launch before" commandline doesn't launch an executable, it still applies the correct profile to xpadder, which is running in the background all the time.

Hi guys, thanks for thinking with me. In other emulator setups xpadder profiles are launched the same way. I only have to change the profiles when starting up an emulator, xpadder itself is launched together with Gameex with the "launch on startup don't wait" command (Tweaks/Performance menu). I figured something else out: It is not the advanced config as a whole which causes the problem, I use an advanced config with my Dolphin setup in combination with an xpadder profile with no problems. I guess the problem is in the advanced config command which instructs GameEx to wait for closure of no$gba.exe: #Additional processes to wait to exit or close on exit. Dont include the .exe. Leave blank not to use. Process1=NO$GBA Process2= Process3= Process4= Could this commandline prevent the launch of the xpadder profile? Hmmm...very strange

64 views, no replies. Nobody has any suggestions as to what the problem may be? Regards, Arjen

Definitely go widescreen, 1920x1080 would be my choice. BTW I love your theme, been using it for well over a year now, and been adding backgrounds for the consoles/computers that weren't included. Cheers, Arjen

Hi all, I'm having a problem with my no$gba/no$zoomer setup. It loads and exits with an advanced configuration file, no problems there. The problem is that I also want to use an xpadder profile for my gamepad in combination with this advanced configuration.Somehow the xpadderprofile fails to launch (I use an xpadder profile with no problems on all other emulators, so I guess the combo with the advanced configfile seems to be the problem). This is the ini for my DS setup: [Emulator_27] Enabled=True STARTPAGENAME=Nintendo DS TITLETEXT=Nintendo DS StartPageLogo= ROMFilter=*.nds RomPath=D:\Emulation\Nintendo DS\Games RomsInFolders= SnapPath= TitlePath= BoxPath= CartPath= ManualPath= ControlPanelPath= InstructionsPath= WorkingPath=D:\Emulation\Nintendo DS\No$gba17 MapKeys= WaitBeforeKeys= SendKeys= ReplaceDash=False ReplaceUnder=True Capitals=False RemoveBrackets=True ShowDesktop=False Debug=False MAPFile= AlsoLaunch= Command=NO$Zoomer.exe "[ROMPATH]\[ROMFILE]" LaunchBefore=D:\Emulation\Xpadder\Profiles\nds.xpadderprofile LaunchAfter=D:\Emulation\Xpadder\Profiles\blank.xpadderprofile configFile=[Mapping Off] Exit (ALT+X, No$Zoomer) ExcludedFiles= CustomBackground=nds.png PlayMusic= DontShowInfo= PlaySelectionMusic= SelectionMusicFolder= PCGame= DATABASE=[Handheld] Nintendo DS UseDbName= GamesIn7Zips= MergeSets= PlayInScreenSaver= ShowMostPlayed=False RandomMostPlayed=False CDCheck= CDCheckFile= And this is the advanced configfile: # This is an advanced emulator configuration file. It does things such as allow keyboard only emulators to be operated by a gamepad, wait for additional processes to exit and map keys. If this file is used it overrides the MAPKeys setting for the emulator. [GENERAL] # Enabled. Use this. Enabled=True #Make MCE Back button and X-ARCADE Escape and SlikStik Escape to close emulator process MapBack=False #Make Escape key close emulator process MapEscape=False #When exiting an emulator via the above mappings, you can specify keys in the send keys format to send instead of having GameEx close the process to cleanly exit the emulator. Such as the Q Key or ALT F4 which is %{F4} KeysToSendOnExit=%{VKEY 120} #Wait for keys to be processed by the emulator EmuWaitForKeys=True #Additional processes to wait to exit or close on exit. Dont include the .exe. Leave blank not to use. Process1=NO$GBA Process2= Process3= Process4= [JOYMAPPING] # For mapping a GamePad to keys # Specify a virtual key code to send when the specific joystick control is pressed. Look at vkcodes.htm for codes. JoymappingEnabled=False Left= up= Right= Down= Button1= Button2= Button3= Button4= Button5= Button6= Button7= Button8= Button9= Button10= Button11= Button12= Button13= Button14= Button15= Button16= [GAMEPADEXIT] #MAP Gamepad controls to exit and make controls exit process MapGamePadExit=False #Flag the controls that exit a game by placing True next to each control. To not use the control as part of the combination use a 0 Left= Down= Right= Up= Button1= Button2= Button3= Button4= Button5=True Button6=True Button7=True Button8=True Button9= Button10= Button11= Button12= Button13= Button14= Button15= Button16= [MOUSEMAPPING] # For registered users, the ability to control the mouse with a gamepad and/or directional keys. # For example for PC strategy games. # Apparantly this functionality is similar to the software Pinnacle profiler. Remember you can setup an emulator # as one PC game. Specify enabled, and mousespeed 0-20. 20 Being fastest. This setting overrides the directional # mapping for the above and buttons 1 and 2 Button 1/CTRL becomes left mouse. Button 2/ALT Right mouse MouseMappingEnabled=False MouseSpeed=0 [BLOCKKEYS] # Use this section to disable and block key presses and mouse clicks. # To disable the mouse clicks use code 1 for left mouse button, # 2 for right button and 4 for middle button Enabled=False BlockKey_1=1 BlockKey_2=2 BlockKey_3=4 BlockKey_4= BlockKey_5= [KEYBOARDREMAP] # Remap Keys for the emulator. Specify from the from key, which is the key you wish to replace the to key # This should be good enough for real time gaming. Registered version feature. Look at VKCodes.htm for codes. Enabled=False Remap_1_From_VK= Remap_1_To_VK= Remap_2_From_VK= Remap_2_To_VK= Remap_3_From_VK= Remap_3_To_VK= Remap_4_From_VK= Remap_4_To_VK= Remap_5_From_VK= Remap_5_To_VK= Remap_6_From_VK= Remap_6_To_VK= Remap_7_From_VK= Remap_7_To_VK= Remap_8_From_VK= Remap_8_To_VK= Remap_9_From_VK= Remap_9_To_VK= Remap_10_From_VK= Remap_10_To_VK= Remap_11_From_VK= Remap_11_To_VK= Remap_12_From_VK= Remap_12_To_VK= Remap_13_From_VK= Remap_13_To_VK= Remap_14_From_VK= Remap_14_To_VK= Remap_15_From_VK= Remap_15_To_VK= Remap_16_From_VK= Remap_16_To_VK= Remap_17_From_VK= Remap_17_To_VK= Remap_18_From_VK= Remap_18_To_VK= Remap_19_From_VK= Remap_19_To_VK= Remap_20_From_VK= Remap_20_To_VK= Remap_21_From_VK= Remap_21_To_VK= Remap_22_From_VK= Remap_22_To_VK= Remap_23_From_VK= Remap_23_To_VK= Remap_24_From_VK= Remap_24_To_VK= Remap_25_From_VK= Remap_25_To_VK= Remap_26_From_VK= Remap_26_To_VK= Remap_27_From_VK= Remap_27_To_VK= Remap_28_From_VK= Remap_28_To_VK= Remap_29_From_VK= Remap_29_To_VK= Remap_30_From_VK= Remap_30_To_VK= Remap_31_From_VK= Remap_31_To_VK= Remap_32_From_VK= Remap_32_To_VK= Any ideas? Greets, Arjen

Hi fRequEnCy, thanks for helping. I use the GoodName naming convention, and they are correctly inserted into the database, otherwise they wouldn't show up if I delete one of these Roms. Regards, Arjen

Super, thx guys!! (BTW, where do you find these crisp clean pictures? I searched all the net for a good GBC pic, but all I found were some lousy lo-res pictures..) Cheers, Arjen